Gateways Radio, a collaboration between WFMT Radio Network and WXXI-FM in Rochester, NY, celebrates the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, a 125+ member ensemble of African-descendant musicians. The festival's mission is to connect and support classical musicians of African descent, inspiring communities underrepresented in classical music. The debut radio season features works by various composers and performers, including pianists, saxophonists, clarinetists, and the Gateways Orchestra.

Aug 31:
Adolphus HAILSTORK: Everytime I Feel the Spirit
Carlos SIMON: Amen
Samuel ADLER: In Memoriam: Marian Anderson (Based on the spiritual “Crucifixion”)
Johann Sebastian BACH: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
David BAKER: Blues (Deliver My Soul)
William Grant STILL: Symphony No. 3 "Sunday Symphony"

Sept 7:      
Richard THOMPSON: Prelude No. 2 in F Minor
Richard STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Antonin DVORAK: Serenade for Winds, Op. 44 and Strings, Op. 22 (excerpts)
Errollyn WALLEN: Concerto Grosso (movement I)
Maurice RAVEL: La Valse

Sept 14:
Florence PRICE: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, III. "Juba Dance"
TRADITIONAL: I Want Jesus to Walk with Me
Jonathan Mcnair: Follow the Drinking Gourd
Duke ELLINGTON arr. Mikael Darmanie: Black & Tan Fantasy
Margaret BONDS: Montgomery Variations

Sept 21:     
Antonín DVOŘÁK: Improvisations on Antonín Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 12 – Mov. 4
Igor STRAVINSKY: Suite from The Soldier's Tale
Wynton MARSALIS: A Fiddler's Tale (excerpt)

Sept 28:     
Joy GUIDRY/Diego GAETA: It’s Okay to Let Me Go
Valerie COLEMAN:Wish: Sonata for Flute and Piano
William Grant STILL: Africa
Coleridge TAYLOR-PERKSINSON: Worship